Dr Hassan Liman SAN has been appointed deputy director of the Legal Directorate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the January 2027 elections.
Hassan will serve alongside Babatunde Ogala under Muiz Adeyemi Banire, who was appointed director of the Legal Directorate. Other members of the directorate include Prince Lateef Fagbemi, former Zamfara State governor Ibrahim Shema, Worgu Boms and Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh.
The appointments are contained in the APC Presidential Campaign Council list released on Saturday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy and coordinating director for Media and Strategic Communication of the campaign council.
President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as chairman and vice chairman of the council respectively, while APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, will also serve as vice chairman.
Former Zamfara State governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, was named director-general of the campaign, with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma serving as secretary.
APC National Secretary Senator Ajibola Bashiru and Hadiza Bala-Usman were appointed deputy and assistant secretaries respectively.
The council’s advisory body comprises Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Florence Ita Giwa.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni were appointed deputy director-generals for the southern and northern zones. They will work with Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Jibril Barau.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole will oversee mobilisation as deputy director-general, while the President’s Chief of Staff will serve as deputy director-general for administration.
James Abiodun Faleke, who played a key role in the 2022/2023 presidential campaign, returns as deputy director-general for election planning, coordination and monitoring.
The campaign council also announced a media and strategic communication structure led by Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris Malagi as coordinating director, working with Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga and Lanre Issa-Onilu.
Five spokespersons were appointed, with Alake as lead spokesperson. The others are Alwan Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda.
In a statement accompanying the list, Tinubu charged members of the council to work tirelessly to secure victory for the APC in the January 2027 elections.
The President urged the campaign team to highlight the administration’s achievements and present its record to voters as the campaign season approaches.
“We have delivered on our campaign promises and set our country on a path of economic progress,” Tinubu said, according to the statement.
He added that the APC should “confidently showcase our record and inspire hope in every corner of our nation” while defeating forces he said sought to take the country backwards.
The APC Presidential Campaign Council is expected to coordinate the party’s campaign activities across the country ahead of the 2027 presidential election.